I haere takitahi ahau
Nā ngā tiriti e mura ana
Kei hea ngā tangi whakahā e ngaro atu ai
Ā, ka hoki anō te pakanga
Kei te tangi ngā tamariki
Engari kāore he tangata e kite
Ngā Whara Kōrua Rau
Mō te hunga kāore he rongoā
He makariri ō uaua
I roto i te ao kua poke
Kei te wehewehea ngā tāngata
Ā, kei te takoto noa ngā tūpāpaku
I a ngā rangatira e menemene ana
Kei muri i tana mata
Kua ngaro te pono
Ka heke iho mātou ki ō mātou waewae, ka inoi
Aue e te Atua, kei te āhua koe
Kei te tata te wairangi
E hiamo ana mātou mō te rangatiratanga
Te hiahia nui ki te kāinga
Aue, koinei te wā.
I roto i tēnei ka whiti tō korōria
E tono ana mātou kia rangimārie
Ā, i roto i a koe ka kotahi tātou
Ngā kai whakararuraru
Ngā hinengaro e piri ana ki ngā tarukino
Te aroha e totohu ana
Kī tonu te oranga i ngā teka.
Ko ēnei urupā matihiko
He labyrinth tuwhera
Engari kei reira tonu te tūmanako
Ka kite tātou i ngā rā pai ake
Aue e te Atua, kei te āhua koe
Kei te tata te wairangi
E hiamo ana mātou mō te rangatiratanga
Te hiahia nui ki te kāinga
Aue, koinei te wā.
I roto i tēnei ka whiti tō korōria
E tono ana mātou kia rangimārie
Ā, i roto i a koe ka kotahi tātou
Aue e te Atua, kei te āhua koe
Kei te tata te wairangi
E hiamo ana mātou mō te rangatiratanga
Te hiahia nui ki te kāinga
Aue, koinei te wā.
I roto i tēnei ka whiti tō korōria
E tono ana mātou kia rangimārie
Ā, i roto i a koe ka kotahi tātou